Changing doctors, or maybe midwife?

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kadkison22 wrote:

12 weeks along tomorrow and I want a new doc. I’m even leaning towards midwifery. When I found out I was preggo, I scheduled an appt with whoever could get me in first at the time. Now I’m regretting it. I feel like the doc I chose doesn’t explain anything and doesn’t really give a crap about me (I’m a first-timer) Midwivery sounds great for the personal experience but I’ve been told it more for a “natural” approach with I don’t think I’m going to do. Help? Doc vs midwife? Has anybody ever had trouble transferring everything between docs? I don’t know what I’m doing over here haha.

My midwife is awesome. Their office is very laid back but you have your baby at the hospital and will go through the hospital if there is any emergencies. I can call her whenever with any questions or concerns I have. You don’t have to go natural with a midwife. You can still get the epidural and give birth in the hospital with the midwife that I use. If you need a csection then the hospital can do that but you can still see a midwife through out your pregnancy.

If you don’t want a natural birth, then a midwife probably isn’t the best choice. But! You can interview OBGYN’s for one with a midwife mindset. Or look for a practice that has both. I’m going the midwife route, but the practice has both (in the event I become high risk). And all doctors and nurses agree with the principles of the practice. Good luck!

You absolutely do not have to have a natural birth with a midwife. You can deliver in a hospital with all the drugs. You just have to pick the right kind of office, but at least where I live midwifes are very similar to obs some just are more supportive of natural

Choices than drs. Doesn’t mean they don’t support epidurals and hospital births. Again at least in my

Area most midwifes deliver at hospitals. It’s not like if you have a midwife you have to have a home water birth or something.

I was with an OB with previous baby but decided to try midwife with this pregnancy. They are much more thorough and I find more accessible than the doctor. I’ve been spending a whole hour during my appointments at the midwife and I find it’s just a more supportive environment. Definitely do NOT need to have a natural birth. Midwifes can order epidurals and even provide additional care if you’re transferred to an OB for high risk pregnancies. My midwife even makes house calls!

Midwives are great. I had a home birth and used a midwife for my first... which obviously isn’t for everyone but you most definitely can use midwives and still give birth at hospitals using all of the epidurals/drugs if that’s what you want. Not all midwives are strictly natural. For my home birth she brought every drug and emergency equipment with her to my house just in case. I just love how attentive midwives are. Most places set aside full hours for your appointment and answer any and all of your questions thoroughly. If you do want a home birth but end up having to go to the hospital then the midwife accompanies you the whole time to make sure you’re taken care of and things are as close to your original birth plan as safely possible. I just find them so much more accommodating.